Learning to hit the bad pitch
It’s funny how even as we get older and we think we have
everything figured out, life can still through us a curve ball. My father always said a good hitter can hit a
good pitch; a great hitter can hit a
bad pitch and keep you in the game. Well
lately we’ve had to swing at a couple of bad pitches and so far we have been
able to foul them off and remain in the game.
Just as I am working on getting my travel career growing, my husband
loses his job. It was a partial choice,
but as I witnessed the crap they put him through and saw how miserable he was I
thoroughly support his decision. I
wanted the man I married back. The man that is fun, smiles and has a passion
for life.
So here we are in our fifties, very little income, no
insurance, 2 sons’ recently engaged, aging parents, an unsellable house and
cars in need of repairs. Not exactly
what you might picture when you dream of closing in on retirement, but it is
our reality and part of staying in the game is learning what to do when it’s
the bottom of the 9th and 2 outs. So (since we haven’t found that
winning lotto ticket) it’s back to the job market for Bert and myself. Am I giving up on my travel business,
ABSOLUTELY NOT, but I am going to have to find a position that will allow me to
do both. Now a big decision do we stay
in Colorado or relocate. We have been talking for quite a while about moving;
maybe this is our sign from above that it’s time. When you’re in the game and the
coach gives you a sign you can’t argue.
I can do my travel from anywhere (thanks to the Internet) and cost of
living is better in some other areas, so it’s time to weigh the pros and cons
and make some hard decisions.
This blog is called “Gina’s what’s now what’s next” and it definitely
says’ it all. I hope that writing about my real life I can help put a
perspective on yours. So when you’re
down and out, when you don’t know which way to turn, when you’re down to your
last paycheck, DON’T GIVE UP, HAVE FAITH, keep your eye on the ball and keep
fouling off all those bad pitches until you get the one that you knock out of
the park and changes your life. It only
takes one.
PS. I am busy arranging my group cruise for next
year. (I’m gonna need it). Call me to
get your cabin booked soon, (special surprise if you get your deposit in by June 19th). Hope you can join us in celebrating hitting that
homerun.
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God Bless
Happy and Safe travels
